<p>Read anything good lately? I have some books lying around but I'm not sure what I want to read...and I'm sure I'll get to all of them eventually. I'm just looking for an interesting read right now. Any suggestions?</p>
<p>1984 is great. I also finished In Cold Blood By Truman Capote which was also very good. I read the short novel Death of Ivan Ilych By Tolstoy and it was alright.</p>
<p>My list to read so far:
Breakfast At Tiffanies, Capote
Clockwork Orange
Fahrenheit 451
Truman by David McCulough
Player Piano by Vonnegut
Othello by Shakespeare
Finish the last 3 books in Douglas Adams Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy Series (i have read the first two)</p>
<p>thats all I got for now…</p>
<p>I’m currently reading Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita”–bizarre read.
Laurie Halse Anderson’s “WinterGirls”
Cecily-whatever’s “The It Girl,” six. (Guilty pleasure.)
And Eoin Colfer’s “Airman”</p>
<p>I always read more than one book at once, I’ve never been able to just read one book without picking up another. Poor attention span, I guess.</p>
<p>I’m rereading all of Harry Potter, and will be moving on to “100 Years of Solitude” by Gabriel Marquez and “Einstein’s Dreams” by Tom Lightman.</p>
<p>I’m going to overdose on Malcolm Gladwell this summer.</p>
<p>There are some good book suggestions on collegeboard.</p>
<p>So far I’ve read:</p>
<p>The Word for World Is Forest by Ursula K. Le Guin
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Yiddish Policemen’s Union by Michael Chabon</p>
<p>I would really recommend all three. The Word for World Is Forest is a winner of the Hugo Award for Best Novella, Flowers for Algernon won a Nebula Award for Best Novel, and The Yiddish Policemen’s Union won both the Nebula and Hugo Awards for Best Novel.</p>
<p>Those are 3 books that I’ve just read, theres tons of other suggestions I could make if you want. =)</p>
<p>Flowers for Algernon is one of my favorite novels. I fell in love with it!</p>
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Oh god, don’t read Fahrenheit 451. Just don’t. Maybe it’s got some literary merit but I STRONGLY disagree - I hated the book! I suggest Brave New World if you’re looking for a slightly sci-fi good book!
Also, the last 3 books in HHGttG are ok at best. The first two are way better (and that’s a fairly common opinion). Still worth reading I guess, but I would put them lower on your list, you know?
Poisonwood Bible is a great summer read.</p>
<p>I liked Fahrenheit 451. I read it for freshman english so perhaps I should go read it again, but the concept and idea was really cool.</p>
<p>My school reading list for this year includes
100 Years of Solitude - Marquez
Diplomacy - Kissinger
Plan B 3.0 - Brown
and I’ll probably read a few on my own as well.</p>
<p>I have so much summer reading for school there’s not a lot of time for personal reading. Literally I have 1300+ pages to read for one class.</p>
<p>Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis
Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach
C++ Primer Plus
Beginning Unix
Learning Perl</p>
<p>FUN!</p>
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<p>I read poisonwood and brave new world already. I am reading 451 right now and like the beginning. I wouldn’t be narrow minded enough to not read a book because I don’t agree with it.</p>
<p>^ I think he meant that he disagrees with the claim that F451 has literary merit, not with the actual message of the books.</p>
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Exactly 
I completely support the message of the book - and reading banned books in general - but I was simply voicing my opinion that I did not enjoy the book itself. The writing style wasn’t for me (then again, I read it sophomore year with a horrible teacher). I just didn’t like it. Sorry for the confusion!</p>
<p>Ethan Frome
A Separate Piece</p>
<p>Not too good, but required.</p>